>
> >> So you know what happens when you see it. Just ignore it and use
> >> --nodeps. Just keep it in mind. It may give problems for the upgrade
> >> to 8.2 for the 8.1 users.
>
> > I've put it back, but in the form of an Epoch tag. Epoch tag supercedes the
> > Serial tag [1]
>
> 1) You also made a new 2.0.9 rpm? :) aaaaaah all that work for
> nothing?
>
> 2) You editted my rpm? That was fast.
>
> 3) Heej I also changed it. See my other post.
>
I chose (2).
> > Footnotes: [1] see mdk-rpm howto
>
> I searched them. It wasn't really documented. Nor in the maximum
> rpmbook. I found it with google. :(
>
> My little 'footnote': The epoch tag is addictive. You can't get rid of
> it. What to do about it?
>
>
yes it is. There's nothing that you can do about that unfortunately ...
This is due to past stupidity that someone put something like (let's say)
1.2.3pre1
then 1.2.3 comes out and won't upgrade due to comparision methods by the
computer, 1.2.3pre1 > 1.2.3.
So there is a "hack", you can use Epoch to get around it. But once it's there,
it's there. The next time you do another stupidity, you increase the Epoch
tag.
Epoch is evil in most cases, only use as prescribed.
-- Geoff.
